On Wed, 1 Oct 2003, David Graham wrote: <snip /> > Rob mentioned something about Struts being setup for Maven already and I > asked for clarification. If that's true then I see no point in > complicating things with another build tool. Also, it seems that Maven in > some ways is a superset of Forrest functionality. It handles the website > plus the jar builds.
Forrest is not a build tool. If we went with Maven, Forrest would just be another plugin, just like most people use the default site building plugin. > The more tools involved means it's harder to understand the build process > which limits the number of people willing to put up with it and work on > Struts. My personal goal (and I hope the group's as well) is to have > *one* easy to use tool that builds all of Struts. I don't care if this is > Ant, Maven, or Forrest as long as it's only one of them. I agree, but if a Forrest plugin for Maven is used, you still use one tool to build all of Struts. Don > > David > > > > > Though, a valid, technical objection would be that the website and the > > build (except for the current Cactus snafu) ain't broke, so we don't > > need to fix it. Steve's got everything running as valid XHTML. We're > > still using the original Apache look, but then so is the vast majority > > of other Apache projects. If we dusted off the struts-lib distribution > > (which appeared and disappeared during the last beta cycle), the > > quick-start concerns would be answered. > > > > Certainly, it would make sense to start new development on Forrest > > and/or Maven. If we spun off taglibs or rolled up our sleeves on 2.0, > > then we'd definitely want to make a decision there. (Based primarily on > > who was willing to do the work.) > > > > And, we do have Forrest running on the SourceForge site, so things like > > RSS feeds and WikiDocs could be tried there first to see how helpful > > they really are. (I must admit, I'm intrigued.) > > > > -Ted. > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search > http://shopping.yahoo.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
